Yo-ho, yo-ho, it’s a pirate’s life for the former Beatle, who tweeted out a poster of himself in full costume.
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Around 750 engineers and designers got together to come up with something cool, something neat, something awesome. The only condition was that they only had 24 hours to work on their projects. Some of them were participating in our event for the first time, while others were regulars. We could all feel the excitement in the air when the 89 teams took the stage to present a short one-minute demo… Read More
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At the TechCrunch Disrupt Hackathon in New York today, a team of sophomores from Rutgers University introduced a social robot, named Robota, to help teachers in special ed classrooms. Robota uses computer vision and sentiment analysis to identify students in a classroom who appear to be distressed. Then, Robota approaches and asks the student if anything is wrong. When a student confides,… Read More
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Animated doodle takes us through various stages of motherhood, from pregnancy through to proud mama of grown cacti.
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Commentary: Melissa McCarthy’s Sean Spicer returns to “Saturday Night Live” with angst, anger and a touch of homo-eroticism.
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Is your money burning a hole in your pocket, and you’d like to use some of it for good causes, but you don’t know where to begin? A new app called Cradle wants to help. Presented at the Disrupt Hackathon today in New York, Cradle lets you identify the kinds of causes you’d like to support, gives you a list of relevant charities, helps you figure out how to give and sets up… Read More
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Technology such as Facebook’s Safety Check has massively helped with the challenge of identifying and finding people when they go missing, but it is anything but perfect. Confidant, a project developed at the TechCrunch Disrupt hackathon in New York this weekend, is aiming to complement existing systems with a notification service that gives early alerts when a person may be missing. Read More
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Rumored to have two cameras on the back and a stylus with a built-in speaker, this will be one of Samsung’s most important phones ever.
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Data intelligence company uses machine learning to transform unstructured data into more usable information.
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Around 750 engineers and designers got together to hack something cool, something neat, something clever. All teams have 60 seconds to present what the worked on for the last 24 hours. It’s a great way to experiment and unleash your creativity.
So without further ado, sit back and enjoy the Disrupt NY Hackathon demos. And let’s see who’s going to win… Read More
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